INNOVATING TO STAY AHEAD

A micro-spectroscopy technique to sieve out the fake from the real

Dr Phang (left), scientist at A*STAR, and Mr Tok, executive director of Technospex. The firm designs machines that use light wavelengths to identify molecular fingerprints.

BT PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN

Singapore

A SCIENTIFIC equipment trade show may be an odd place to learn that the diamond necklace you are wearing and are so proud of, is fake. Yet, it's where one visitor found out - and the person who detected it was businessman Tok Wee Lee.

Mr Tok, 47, is no jeweller. But he is